Mary Landrieu

Mary Landrieu (23 November 1955-) was a US Senator from Louisiana (D) from 3 January 1997 to 3 January 2015, succeeding J. Bennett Johnston and preceding Bill Cassidy.

Biography
Mary Landrieu was born in Arlington, Virginia in 1955, the daughter and sister of Mayors of New Orleans Moon Landrieu and Mitch Landrieu, respectively. She worked as a real estate agent in New Orleans for several years before serving in the State House from 1980 to 1988 and as State Treasurer from 1988 to 1996. She went on to serve as US Senator from 1997 to 2015, and she criticized the federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She championed her state's Medicaid system during the passage of Obamacare, and she was re-elected by increasing margins in competitive elections until 2014, when she lost for re-election to the Republican challenger Bill Cassidy.